News from March 31. The NBA fined Devin Harris (Dal) $25,000 for going aggressively at a ref and failing to leave the court in a timely manner following his ejected from Wednesday's Dal-NO game. Jusuf Nurkic (Por) has a broken right leg and is out for the season. Boston placed Avery Bradley (gastroenteritis) on IL. Dallas activated Salah Mejri and placed A.J. Hammons on IL. Denver activated Mike Miller and placed Will Barton on IL. Houston activated Montrezl Harrell and placed Troy Williams on IL. Memphis activated Jarrell Martin and placed Andrew Harrison on IL. Milwaukee activated Michael Beasley and placed John Henson on IL. New York placed Carmelo Anthony (back) on IL. Oklahoma City activated Kyle Singler and placed Taj Gibson on IL. Washington activated Sheldon McClellan and placed Daniel Ochefu on IL. Mem 99, Dal 90 at Mem Mike Conley (Mem) had 28 points including 10-11 FT, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Zach Randolph (Mem) had 22 points and 12 rebounds. Troy Daniels (Mem) had 21 points on 7-12 3-pointers (and 0-1 2-pointers) Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 13 points including 3-17 FG and 1-6 3-pointers and 12 rebounds. Wesley Matthews (Dal) had 13 points and 7 assists. Mem out-scored Dal 34-15 in the 2nd quarter. Marc Gasol (Mem, strained left foot) did not play. NO 117, Sac 89 at NO Anthony Davis (NO) had 19 points, 12 rebounds, and 5 blocks. DeMarcus Cousins (NO) had 37 points on 12-21 FG, 5-8 3-pointers, and 8-11 FT, 13 rebounds, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Dante Cunningham (NO) had 12 points and 7 rebounds. Willie Cauley-Stein (Sac) had 11 points and 14 rebounds. Ben McLeMore (Sac) had 15 points and 8 rebounds. Alexis Ajinca (NO, hip), Omer Asik (NO, ill), and Arron Afflalo (Sac, personal reasons) did not play. NY 98, Mia 94 at Mia Kristaps Prozingis (NY) had 22 points and 7 rebounds. Courtney Lee (NY) had 20 points and 3 steals. Willy Hernangomez (NY) had 10 points including 3-9 FG and 12 rebounds. Goran Dragic (Mia) had 22 points and 5 assists. Hassan Whiteside (Mia) had 17 points and 16 rebounds including 5 offensive. Joakim Noah (NY, suspended) and Dion Waiters (Mia, sprained left ankle) did not play. SA 100, OKC 95 at OKC Kawhi Leonard (SA) had 28 points, 8 rebounds, and 3 steals. LaMarcus Aldridge (SA) had 14 points including 5-14 FG, 10 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 3 blocks. Pau Gasol (SA) had 17 points. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 32 points on 8-22 FG and 14-15 FT, 15 rebounds, 12 assists, and 8 turnovers. Victor Oladipo (OKC) had 16 points. Uta 95, Was 88 at Uta Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 19 points and 7 rebounds. Rudy Gobert (Uta) had 16 points including 4-10 FT, 10 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Shelvin Mack (Uta) 15 points and 5 rebounds. Bradley Beal (Was) had 27 points. John Wall (Was) had 16 points including 6-22 FG and 5 assists. Raul Neto (Uta, strained right groin) did not play. GS 107, Hou 98 at GS Klay Thompson (GS) had 20 points including 4-9 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. Stephen Curry (GS) had 24 points including 4-9 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Andre Iguodala (GS) had 14 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 blocks. James Harden (Hou) had 17 points including 4-18 FG, 12 rebounds, 8 assists, and 6 turnovers. Eric Gordon (Hou) had 15 points. Kevon Looney (GS, strained left hip strain) and Patrick McCaw (GS, leg cramps) did not play. Mil 108, Det 105 OT at Mil Khris Middleton (Mil) had 25 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 10 rebounds. Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil) had 28 points including 14-21 FT, 14 rebounds, and 9 assists. Thon Maker (Mil) had 23 points including 9-12 FG and 4-7 3-pointers. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (Det) had 17 points including 2-11 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. Tobias Harris (Det) had 23 points including 10-14 FG. Mil shot 24-34 FT and Det shot 10-16 FT. Malcolm Brogdon (Mil, sore back) did not play. Bos 117, Orl 116 at Bos Jae Crowder (Bos) had 18 points and 5 rebounds. Isaiah Thomas (Bos) had 35 points including 4-10 3-pointers and 11-13 FT and 7 assists. Al Horford (Bos) had 12 points including 4-11 FG, 9 rebounds, 6 assists, and 5 turnovers. Aaron Gordon (Orl) had 32 points and 16 rebounds including 5 offensive. Evan Fournier (Orl) had 20 points. Elfrid Payton (Orl) had 12 points, 9 rebounds, and 15 assists. Cle 122, Phi 105 at Cle LeBron James (Cle) had 34 points including 14-22 FG, 9 rebounds, and 6 assists. Kevin Love (Cle) had 18 points, 10 rebounds, and 3 steals. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 24 points including 11-16 FG and 9 assists. Richaun Holmes (Phi) had 19 points including 7-9 FG and 7 rebounds. Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot (Phi) had 19 points including 1-8 3-pointers. Robert Covington (Phi, right knee injury), Jahlil Okafor (Phi, sore right knee), and Sergio Rodriguez (Phi, strained left hamstring) did not play. Cha 122, Den 114 at Cha Kemba Walker (Cha) had 31 points including 4-10 3-pointers and 9-11 FT and 8 assists. Nicolas Batum (Cha) had 13 points including 4-13 FG, 5 rebounds, and 9 assists. Frank Kaminsky (Cha) had 22 points including 5-8 3-pointers. Danilo Gallinari (Den) had 19 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Nikola Jokic (Den) had 26 points including 11-16 FG, 13 rebounds, and 10 assists. Gary Harris (Den) had 20 points and 5 rebounds. Cha shot 25-30 FT and Den shot 8-11 FT. Tor 111, Ind 100 at Tor DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 40 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 15-20 FT and 9 rebounds. Jonas Valanciunas (Tor) had 16 points and 17 rebounds. Serge Ibaka (Tor) had 15 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 12 rebounds including 5 offensive. Paul George (Ind) had 28 points including 4-10 3-pointers and 9 rebounds. Jeff Teague (Ind) had 19 points including 9-10 FT and 5 assists. Al Jefferson (Ind, sprained left ankle) did not play. Schedule for Saturday, April 1 (All times Central) LA Lakers @ LA Clippers 2:30 pm Atlanta @ Chicago 4:00 pm NBATV Orlando @ Brooklyn 5:00 pm Sacramento @ Minnesota 7:00 pm Phoenix @ Portland 9:00 pm Schedule for Sunday, April 2 (All times Central) Boston @ New York 12:00 pm ABC Charlotte @ Oklahoma City 2:00 pm Memphis @ LA Lakers 2:30 pm Dallas @ Milwaukee 2:30 pm Utah @ San Antonio 2:30 pm ABC Chicago @ New Orleans 5:00 pm Philadelphia @ Toronto 5:00 pm Atlanta @ Brooklyn 5:00 pm Denver @ Miami 5:00 pm NBATV Indiana @ Cleveland 5:00 pm Washington @ Golden State 7:00 pm Houston @ Phoenix 8:00 pm NBATV ---- Patricia Bender pbender@eskimo.com For Trianglons puzzles: http://www.trianglons.com For NBA stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/index.html For Mavs stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/mavs.html